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priority. this is adaptation. when i do my public speaking, i frequently talk about while we are in a year of assessment, that is not the only story. there are those who are planning on investing in preventing the effects of climate change which we know are coming. this is a good example of that. in the long term, the commission has approved levels of services which includes the goal of modifying the system to adapt to the effects of climate change. this will be focused on that as was mentioned by doing a number of things including a topographical survey and looking at where inundation might take place at different levels of sea level rise we might see at what kind of designer strategies we should take -- design strategies we should take. what is the basis for the long- term strategy on sea level rise and the potential on the ocean side? that might be important for creating resilience for our system. from a climate change perspective, done carefully and correctly, caught the scent of the sites and what it tells us today and what it does not tell us today, wheat can be innovators in innovat

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to do this. we will focus primarily on all of those issues but really zero in on adaptation and assessment a little bit more. i will split a side because i put them out of order. -- i will skip a slide because i put them out of order. we start with temperature, it used to be called the global warming, we say climate change today. this is warming. that is an inexorable single focused direction we have seen from the models. we see a lot about a minimum verses maximum temperatures. nighttime temperatures have an impact on what happens with snowpack in the evening and that has an impact on how quickly snow melts when it gets going during the day. we have seen a significant increase in the past 20 years as opposed to a maximum temperatures where we have seen not much of a trend. also the effects of elevation, these are very important to us. precipitation, that is our bread and butter. what form does it fall into a range versus no, how much of it falls? the timing of precipitation. these are critical factors that are engaged in such work. the variability is where our vulnerability

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are doing. i often say that we are in a time of assessments rather than adaptation to day and there are exceptions to that. i will talk about one of those today. the questions we are asking ourselves is what is our vulnerability? what is the effect of climate change? i will talk about why that is and how it plays out. one of the ways that to this plays out is the way to understand certainty. much of the work that we do and understating the potential impacts is bound up in uncertainty and a this is not the uncertainty that the climate the deniers in congress are talking about, although we have to be cognizant about confusing people. this is not uncertainty about the fact that this is happening but what it means. when we look at outputs on climate change that we need to think about are the ranges, not simple values. we seeing on quantifiable probability. these are the extremes that we might see in the future. -- these are non quantifiable probabilities. this is one of the challenges that you will hear about again and again as you deal with the climate change issues. finally,

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to adapt to a whole new way of doing business. i do not think it is going to be returning to a couple of years ago for a very long time, so we must adopt not just the low-flow toilets and low-flow shower heads, but sea level rise, changing brain patterns, so there is a lot of agitation that has to happen. i believe one man will come up here to talk about that in his presentation -- changing rain patterns, so there is a lot of adaptation that has to happen. president vietor: getting more serious to find alternatives that might be non-toxic? >> yes, we certainly have to look at alternatives, and part of the management team is going to be coming on. we are looking to put out the rfp. sewer design. as i just talked about, there is engineering solutions. there is chemical solutions. there are things that we can do. but, altogether, we have to look for the best solutions, and we still put it in an round pipe, or do we put in something else, so we can convey it faster? we will be looking heavily at that. president vietor: you could really look carefully at this chemical question, in particul

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expensive item which is the single adaptation item. this is estimated at about 10- $20 million which is pending any future design work that my show that that figure needs to be changed. we have done some investing in a white papers that have been very educational for us with the water utility climate alliance and the calibration budget. each of these had been left wrist by significant investments from other places and i think it illustrates one of the advantages with the coalition that we have been doing. we can make an investment and understanding better these issues and follow that with many investments from others that make the project program and our understanding that much more robust. we have money coming into the project to bring these people together to do the work. what is not included are the soft costs, the modeling groups, the south -- staff from waste water enterprise. ostill to be determined is the big issue as to how much will this cost. this will cost us a lot of money and our capital programs. we have talked about how these issues will be considered. we will be doing

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struggling with adaptations required by their decreasing vision. jelica is an adult who has reached a high level of adaptation. born in oaoatia, she immigrated to the united states with her parents when she was 4 years old. jelica was diagnosed with ushers when she was 19. she graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology and later received a master's degree in public health. she moved to seattle and is now the executive director of the deaf-blind service center. she manages an office and conducts business meetings using tactile communication. translator: i run the everyday operation and make sure the staff are doing their jobs. i am responsible for making budget decisions. also, i coordinate with executive directors of other organizations. because we are small and specialized, we can't do everything, so we divide the responsibilities and avoid duplication of services. narrator: using her cane and public transportation, jelica travels independently to a meeting across town. she uses a vibrotactile crossing signal to make her way across the street. she signals the bus driver about her speci

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this mean for us? it means we have to adapt. we must adapt. what does that mean? we use chemical additions and engineering solutions. these engineering solutions, we scrub the air, which we do at other facilities, also, all over the southeast. so looking at the future, we recognize the development of the program workshops, and odor will always be an issue in my shop, so you adopted a level of service. commissioner: you mean in your facilities, not your shop. >> exactly, all of our facilities. we are going to be able to achieve that through a series of methods, a variety of them, long-term engineering solutions. maybe we can get more flow to get to the treatment plants. flushing options. the auxiliary water supply system. that may be something we can do, use in our sewers. the one question that kept coming up, are we dumping pollution into the bay? absolutely not. "thou shalt not dumped into the bay any residual -- dump into the bay any residual or any bleach." we must dechlorinate it, and we also treat it with something else. teh -- the fish have to be able to live in the effluent in what

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and how do we hold to those values. i like the idea of the adapted it reuse of this building. this is a beautiful building and it will be used at actively and not demolished. i agree with what the commissioner was saying in terms of his recommendations and suggestions around the design. again, i would like to see this project or some iteration actually move ahead but i think that we have some questions to resolve. i would not at this point want to see this project go away completely. there is no way of mandating that the owner keeps this use should we deny this project. so, i think we have a lot of things to look at. also, the property, this is as commissioners a guy mentioned is something that's is still be considered and the impact on the renters at that building. i think that there are some things, i would like to see a way that this project will work better with the concerns that we heard today and i think that this is a lot more complicated. parking and those issues have a lot more issues that are affecting it than just this one. there are still parking issues. if it goe

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the -- are dubbed the early adapters. you charge it in your garage at night. a majority of the population, we run into a totally different situation. it is a very interesting conflict. commissioner sugaya: last week, i attended two meetings in japantown. one was a community meeting, there was no consensus and made at this point. it will be forthcoming. secondly, it was more of a tour put on by supervisor mirkarimi. we had a walking tour of the area. we were at a lunch where different issues were discussed. it was a short lunch, about 40 minutes. they had taken notes on each of the issues. he said he would be following up with the community on that. it was nice. commissioner antonini: think you to the design review team. we were able to participate in one of the sessions. they went through three projects very quickly. they very quickly got some ideas about what changes they would recommend. we met with other staff members in regard to the public safety building which is going to move in on third mission rock. because it is a public building, unlike other mission bay properties that are private, an

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Mar 14, 2011

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Mar 14, 2011

will maintain an adaptable position that will enable us -- that is an important it provides a narrative. >> let me mention some perspective. we do not have the energy secretary here. you may want to interview him about this. but if he were here, he would say that some of the decisions we make about our energy security, which is a considerable thank you, not in its in secure -- not in its security impact, but it's a job to compact, some of the decisions in the security field, sort of the making a nuclear power stations. that is a decision, once you made it, it's not very adaptable. it helps to understand whether it is likely that we will face energy shortages 20 years, 40 from now. it may behoove you to make specific decisions on the sort of thing. what we're not trying to do is designing the whole of anything in such a way that it is based exclusively on the the assumption that we know exactly what the future holds. >> and adaptable approach recognizes that it is not determined by ships and aircraft, but also by the extent to which we can train the police and afghanistan. we can build up and ac

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guidance we are picking up is from the u.s. so we are picking up your experiences and trying to adapt them to uk applications. our highway engineers said no way, we're never going to do this. the concept of using highways as flood channels is a complete no-no until we started to bring out examples like the glasgow flooding and said for most of this event, the highways acted as flood channels. the interesting thing when you start to look at urban flooding, you start to learn some very important lessons. first is that water flows downhill. secondly, it accumulates in low spots. in the uk, it's very interesting what you find in those low spots. first of all, you find that's where the low income houses, that's where the poor people live, the people who have no say really in what goes on in the community. so i was really pleased you make the point about environmental justice. the second thing you find out in the uk it's almost always where we put our emergency services because the land is cheap. your fire departments, the ambulances, all that disappears in the first half hour of the storm. >> w

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are we most concerned about, what adaptations are necessary and what models or in the analysis are they planning to do and what initial things do they need for future decisions. our discussion takes place against a political backdrop here in california where leaders in both parties recognized the importance of including global warming in our strategies you know the governors water proposal called for 4 and a half billion dollars. sites reservoir and tell mperance river. together these would provide five hundred thousand acre feet of water supply but their being promoted as tools to provide flexibility against hydraulic changes due to global warming. democrats have also unleeched a plan that does not include new damages. the senate package has ground water storage reoperation of storage and it's promised as a cheaper and faster way to address the problem with. these high stakes hanging in the balance we're blessed today to have a world class panel of water managers the folks that make some of the toughest decisions for the some of the biggest water facilities on the west coast.

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the structures of the modifications should be made in the future. some of the adaptations of possible for the different components of the shoreline. todd is quick to talk a little more about infrastructure plans and will get a little more into the adaptation measures and the funding strategy. >> i was going to run through quickly some of the infrastructure, some of the highlights, starting with what bill was referring to with sea level rise. when we started looking at grading and infrastructure and adaptive management, we wanted to get away from picking a number we were designing to create a system that was flexible overtime, where we could protect ourselves s. c. level rise science becomes better through the years. what we ended up doing in the new development areas, the new building area, is to be a community that could accommodate up to 36 inches of sea level rise. in relationship to downtown san francisco, that is about 2.5 feet higher than the embarcadero. we are raising it from 12.5 at the lowest point up to around 15. that is higher than the current high tide. that gets the bui

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Mar 6, 2011

by the client and then turns it into a studio. >> and like being a chameleon. you come to a place and adapt to its structure and logistics. i am always reactive. i have to adapt. >> that has helped to build up an expensive and the verse clientele, like here at the upscale paris night spot. a performance cost at least 5000 euros. tonight is a special event for a company party. he used to work on a cartoon. as a comic strip creator, he worked under intense stress. he is a man of many talents and tempos. he painted two housing blocks in switzerland last year with charlie chaplin motifs. the film star died here in 1967 and is also buried here. the use of his name has raised the profile of the monday an apartment block. >> when we finished the first building, people were impressed. residents would say that they used to be treated like scum living off of society. now that the towers have been given a makeover, buses come by interests take photos. -- buses come by and the tourists take photos. >> the biggest fresco in switzerland measures 1800 square meters. speed was crucial. franck bouroullec ne

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, there is always a way. there is always a way to work koran or adapt the policy so you have flexibility to target jobs and provide opportunities for the residents in san francisco, so thanks for your interest. to work around or death the policy. supervisor -- to work around or adapt the policy. supervisor mirkarimi: 80. >> supervisor mirkarimi, apologize for being late -- thank you. >> supervisor mirkarimi, i apologize for being late. i am sorry i missed your statement. i am sure it was a good one. there is a couple of things. we were like a lot on the -- we rely a lot on the private sector for where our revenue comes from. wanting to implement the local hiring with a city subsidy, our office would like to see, and i strongly suggest, that the prevailing wage applied to this. i think it is very, very important. that raises the standard, because, obviously, we do have the training, and that is what it is all about. that is a very, very important. i wanted to make that point, and i think for that matter, straight across, it is the prevailing wage. like i said earlier, i think this can work, working

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like to see some project with an adapted to use -- and adapted to use. >> it is the tendency to perhaps this project go back and think more about the challenges. it is important that we actively support the local businesses including not increasing the car and foot print. historic preservation is important to me. concerns about the adjoining neighbor's life, i would take issue with russell street. this building should not become overbearing parent of these units could probably pull in and little bit and not push the upper floor all the way to the perimeter of the building which i find objectionable in any stance. you hold back and create like a building which should be on top of a historic structure. there are lots of challenges including more submissions of drawings, size, information. i am prepared to make a motion that we continue this and ask for all of those comments to be considered including those in which the neighborhood associations must continue to really work and we want to hear that we work with each other to work this out. >> second. >> i was going to make a motion to cont

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that own buildings in both our cities will benefit from similarities between these laws as they adapt and comply with them. we rely on carbon-efficient mass transit to a far greater extent than other american cities do, and for that reason, it is buildings that create 80% of the emissions in our city and transportation only 20%. really, the exact reverse of what most other cities do, and that is why we think our building laws will make a difference. we anticipate that when fully implemented, we will be able to save new yorkers something like $700 million a year in energy costs and greatly enhance our economic competitiveness, create something like 17,000 jobs and shrink our carbon footprint. it is a great challenge, but it is a great opportunity. i just wanted to finish by saying that i really am committed, as is the mayor. we understand that the future of our cities, our country, and the world give him on as making sure that we treat our planet with a lot better care than what we have done in the past. it is the best ways to economic growth that either of us can think of, so, mayor l

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Mar 13, 2011

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Mar 13, 2011

in the first couple of weeks, but as your body adapts the changes stop coming. this is known as the plateau effect. p90x obliterates the plateau effect by using the advanced training science of muscle confusion. over the course of 90 days, as your body adapts, so do the workouts. the constant introduction of new moves and routines makes each phase of p90x as effective as the first, which leads to bigger gains and greater fat loss. it also means you could have results like this in only 90 days. p90x was created by elite fitness trainer, tony horton. this 51-year-old-- [record scratche yes, folks, that is the body of a 51-year-old-- is changing the way people think about working out at home. >> the crazy thing is these fitness centers, they sell you on this concept that you need all these rooms and all this equipment to get ripped. the fact of the matter is, this is what you need: the floor, a couple of dumbbells and this... your body's the fitness machine and i'm gonna show you how this this this this is is is is what what what what you you you you need, need, need, need, the the the the flo

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Mar 11, 2011

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Mar 11, 2011

? >> the overwhelming point in that that we made a decision after a lot of discussion to adopt what we call an adaptable position because we came to the view that we were not likely to be omni present and the things that happened last week bear out that reasoning. and, therefore, the whole structure of what was decided which the other colleagues would like to go into more detail started from the proposition we don't know what will happen so let's try to be able to respond to a whole series of different possibilities. and, therefore, the thinking about how things might look 5, 10, 20, 30 years out is a useful exercise to engage if continuously but we're not doing it in the spirit of internationally that we will arrive at offices that enable us to go definitely for one thing rather than another. we will constantly maintain an adaptable position that allows us to respond to events as they unfold. i think that's quite an unfortunate -- >> to be clear, it doesn't have a practical value? is it does provide a platform for narratives that might assist in decisions sometime in the future? >> well, let me -- let

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Mar 19, 2011

department. the group developed a specific program for adaptive reuse on the building based on the award winning gallery 37. calory 37 was designed to create a way to educate. 260 apprentice artists for six weeks. it has grown to provide 4000 employment positions in programs that operate year round. richard daley has identified gallery 37 as one of his administration's most successful programs, and in recognition of the success, in guidelines to develop programs elsewhere, and has been duplicated in 15 cities across the country. the university of chicago issue brief determined that students to present it in the program missed fewer days of school, failed a significantly lower percentage of their classis, and had higher graduation rates. research indicates the trend in business planning -- placing a greater emphasis on creativity. a nonprofit board represents 2000 of the world's largest companies and their report stimulation, ought to pinochet are among the top-10 concerns and that our study and experience are some of the top factors in the workforce. in 2004, stabilization of the buildin

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racism has evolved and adapted. as the movement grew in strength and folks became more conscious, races and became more institutionally embedded. they found new ways to basically sustained slavery. michelle alexander calling it the new jim crow. between the 1960's and 1970's, the prison population across the country doubled. in the 1970's and 1980's, it tripled. in california, and build no new prisons between the 1960's and 1970's, the height of political action. between the 1970's and 1980's, they build more prisons in california alone and in the past 100 years. one thing that has happened is the warehousing of black folks in these facilities. if you think about what slavery is, the parallels, it is not just a metaphor when you talk about modern-day slavery. slavery denied black folks the ability to be mobile. you were trapped on one location, in a plantation. it broke up our families. it subjected us to daly wants and violence. anything can happen to you -- an example to you for somebody else. it exploded us for our free labor. all of those things happen in prison today. the u.s. has

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to get the community talking about what is possible and how some of these ideas may be adapted to your local community. nothing is going to be directly importable. the european systems of governance, the mindsets and cultures are a little bit different than they are here in the u.s. but i think the ideas will spark other innovations here and adaptations of their policies that might work in an american context. so i don't want to stand too much more between you all and hans and the rest of the group, so well -- i'll pass the microphone back and then we look forward to the discussion that follows. >> thank you, ellen. why don't we do this. i had first thought that we would have presentations and then questions and answers. maybe it's four presentations, 15 minutes each, why don't we have the presentations all in a row first and then unless you have clarifying questions, hold your questions until the very end and hopefully we will have enough time left over to have questions and answers. the first presentation is by mr. hans and i'm sure i mangled your name and you can do the same with mi

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Mar 22, 2011

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Mar 22, 2011

a massive landslide. it is stranding dozens of families in their homes, but they are adapting quickly to the situation. joins us from the santa cruz mountains to explain. kim. >> reporter: the people who live here in the santa cruz mountains are tough, proud, and very independent. not the type to sit around and wait or let a rock slide get in the way of living. in the stan cruz mountains, the 200 foot rock slide is at worst, an inconvenience. >> this is why we live in the mountains. it's great fun. it's cheap, free entertainment. >> the tractor and a can did mounting spirit, neighbors simply cut a path around the slide through poison oak and ankle deep mud. this basically qualifies as a road now if scot vally. it's the only way into and out of the slide area. the concern now is that it just started raining. the first of 5 inches to fall in the santa cruz mountains this week. try to beat the storms. navigating a muck and positioning cars on either side of the slide before the rains really made the makeshift road impassable. by the end of day two, neighbors had the system down, feari

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Mar 2, 2011

. everybody talks about robust and adaptive. i will tell you the programs we invest in, we'll get fired if we under invest the point of the matter is we have to invest in something. we filled our first waste water plant. you build one that sat there waiting for the population you would get fired and that thes terminology we have to use. we invest the things to day that become the solution for tomorrow and the state has the resources now and probably in about a year or a year and a half we can't do more studies we have to move on action steps not only for the global warming but the endangers species questions nor owe and we can make those decisions and i don't fear them because i think we have good enough engineers and solutions and coupled with what lester concluded with, we have to get a level on thecs 2 gas emissions. i don't care if people are worried about global warming or not. you can get them into arguments. while we're doing some thing about it it's going to be more volatile and cause problems. what am i doing? i started say we live and everything we get in the delta but we spend a b

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Mar 10, 2011

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Mar 10, 2011

to the architectural aspects of the project. we worked closely with the historical preservation architect to adapt the building to a new use and maintain its character. the proposed modifications will improve the urban fabric by removing four doors at hyde street and the associated cross sidewalk traffic. replacing them with residential live above an increase street parking will reinforce existing use patterns and integrate the neighborhood by filling in what is currently a captive. project includes a modest rooftop addition for two residential units. the project is two fold, to diminish visibility and to clearly distinguish between the old building and the new with a change in materials and a sleek and modest contemporary appearance. we took advantage of the extremely high existing tariff that to conceal the addition, setting it 12 feet back from the front to the existing building. perhaps the most significant tactic to minimize visibility involves lowering the existing roof approximately 3 feet. this in combination makes the addition practically invisible from high street. here is what you can s

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Mar 21, 2011

businesses are free to adapt and drive in an evolving market. thank you. -- adapt and thrive in an evolving market. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify today on an important local action for advancing sustainability. i am the california director of local governments for sustainability, a membership association of local governments nationwide, which include 130 cities and counties in california and over 600 in the united states. we are honored to have san francisco as a leading member, continuing to provide national, global leadership. i want to focus on one particular point. i will submit comments for the record. does local government action matter in addressing the challenge of climate change? i can tell you definitively it does. it matters when it helps create, contribute to, and scale local action elsewhere. that is when it is part of something larger. in cities lead, their actions can have impact will be on their local jurisdictions through inspiration, offering blueprints for action, and even friendly competition with leaders elsewhere, spurring a race to the top, if you will.

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Mar 1, 2011

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Mar 1, 2011

some companies to spin thens of dollars adapting to emergency vehicles to carry overweight patients. >> what we're looking at here is a specially designed ambulance stretcher designed to carry patients to our larger -- who are larger than the average patient. >> reporter: he's a supervisor with med star. the ambulance company for fort worth, texas. >> i have been an ems for 31 years and work full time in the field and i can tell you that the patients that i see today just like the human race in general. they're growing. >> reporter: according to the centers for disease control, in 1980, when he started just 15% of americans were obese and 1.4% extremely obese. and by 2006, more than 35% of us were obese and 6% extremely obese. that means heavier people for emts to rescue. >> and it also has some ringlets that you see in the front of the cot that we have winkes in the -- winches in the ambulance and we can wimple the patient from this position -- winch the patient from here. >> reporter: even the regular stretcher passengers use is adopted -- adapted. >> and we can take this buckle a

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put in there expecting this not to get flooded, that wildlife will be able to better adapt itself to the rising sea level. so please read the e-mail and let's just start to think about reality. and reality says this project should not be built. i know nobody wants to hear that but somebody's got to say it out loud. it's not a safe project. it shouldn't be built. and we should also think about the fact there are already people living on treasure island and what if we do get a similar earthquake. we've got to make plans even for those new people. and that earthquakes might actually be more frequent. i didn't think global warming had anything to do with earthquakes. it is turning out the elimination of the deep ice on the poles is changing -- that ice is very heavy and it actually affects the crust of the earth. the fact that, that ice is going away could make incidents like this actually happen more frequently and it is part of what may contribute -- may contribute what happened in japan. thanks. president olague: any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.

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Mar 23, 2011

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Mar 23, 2011

-effective. president obama added a third component that i also agree with. they must be able to adapt to new threats. i know that there's been a lot of partisan debate over our approach. but as a former politician i know as well as anyone policy details often get lost in the media coverage of political debates. it's much easier for the media to write about the politics of an issue rather than the details of policy. that's what happened at the end of last year during the debate that included missile defense over the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. missile defense became a political football. opponents of the treaty raised all kinds of red herrings. and they created all these scenarios and they were imaginative as they were anyways as secretary clinton said in munich last month, we have made it absolutely clear we have not accept any constraints or missile defenses. the united states government will do what is necessary to protect america, our forces, our allies, and friends from attacks from countries outside of europe. not only has secretary clinton made the point, so has secretary gates, admiral mullen, genera

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Mar 21, 2011

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Mar 21, 2011

with how disruptive technologies work could have a big impact on how quickly things got adapted or how well they got adapted, and i started advising my clients to not pay so much attention to their lawyers, but to actually engage themselves in understanding how policy was being debated about core technologies that their business relied on and making sure that they understood not just the technologies, but how government may or may not interfere. that was the only way really to be effective in making sure the right kinds of laws got made or didn't get made as the case may be. >> host: what's your general philosophy when it comes to federal regulation of the internet, of technology, of silicon valley, etc. >> guest: well, my general view, and it only applies to what i've described as disruptive technologies is because of their very nature, how quickly they spread, the ways in which they take on new uses that nobody expected or intended, it makes a very, very poor fit for government in general. government, obviously, is very deliberative by design, it's very slow and methodical when you're try

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Mar 9, 2011

at prevention but we are also looking at adaptation. because we have no choice. we have to be doing both at the same time. we also, i think, need to be looking not only at the quantity of supplies of things but also of quality when it comes to our water supply the aqua duct that supplies southern california, the state water project owned aqua duct is also vulnerable to small levels of -- small amounts of sea level rise which could breach the levies in the san francisco sacramento bay delta region. so we are intimately tied to and connected to that overall city. our plan is simply to work with everybody we can find, every partner we can find, to try to find ways to address these issues, to help with funding and to make sure that we are aware of the science to be doing some proactive planning on our own system, and of course to be supporting legislation that will lead to the kinds of dramatic reductions in emissions which will, we hope and trust, help to avert some of the worst impacts of climate change in the future. but the fact is that climate change is not only real, it is in fact happ

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Mar 23, 2011

SFGTV2

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Mar 23, 2011

about what we've been doing in the uk in relation to our adaptation strategies for flooding and coastal defense, i want to talk through a few of the strategic projects we've been undertaking, one of them for the uk (inaudible) climate change in relation to urban flooding and foresight project, which is the uk government project for climate change, flooding and coastal defense. government guidance note on planning, talking about making space for water in urban design, the construction industry in the uk's design guidance for managing extreme events or managing exceedence and finally the government's policy guidance in the uk on integrated approaches to urban drainage. now, the picture on climate change is all too familiar. this is a graph of projected global warming and temperature rise and its effects northwest europe and particularly the uk. it's a very similar picture to the one you have here. it predicts however you account for the uncertainty, a very significant rise in temperature over the next 50 to 100 years. as a result of that average temperature rise of at least 3 degrees cent

CSPAN2 - U.S. Senate

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Mar 22, 2011

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Mar 22, 2011

added a third component that i also agree with. the systems must be able to adapt to new threats. i know that there is a lot of partisan debate over the approach, but as a former politician, i know as well as any that policy details often get lost in the media coverage of political debates. it's easier for the media to write about the politics of an issue, rather than the details of policy. that's what happened at the end of last year during the debate that included missile defense over the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. missile defense became a political football. opponents of the treaty raised all kinds of herrings, missile defense limiting scenarios, and in those scenarios were imaginative as they are false. secretary clinton said in nunich month that we have made it clear there's no restraints on missile defenses. we will do what's necessary to protect our country, allies, troops, and attacks outside of europe. not only has secretary clinton made the point, but secretary gates, general mullen, vice president biden, and president obama. i have said it before, and i'm going to say it again, we

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